@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

Comments

[kleptocratic]

I love pancakes. But they remain mysterious.

[strove]

Mysterious how?

[kleptocratic]

Well, I don't know how to make them. And I haven't tried the New Tokyo Nutty Neon flavor yet.

[ He went to a restaurant with some flavors. ]

[mercurio]

[oh my gods he's laughing so much]

how do you
think they're made??

nu
nutty thathths neonnn

[kleptocratic]

I've a strong suspicion no nuts are involved.

[mercurio]

it's just super funny though
neon nuts

[kleptocratic]

Mysteries inside of mysteries.

I knew I should have ordered that flavor. It's been gnawing at me ever since.

[mercurio]

what's stopping you?

[strove]

Snow.

[#helpful]

[mercurio]

with that attitude, no wonder it is!

[strove]

Now I'm very worried about a frostbitten Gen.

[kleptocratic]

I don't believe they have New Tokyo Nutty Neon in New Tokyo. That would be very redundant.

[mercurio]

that would be very redundant
but it doesn't mean that they won't have it

[kleptocratic]

The lack of logic is compelling.

[strove]

Are those actual words?

[The bit he's ending with. What?]

[mercurio]

nope!

i'm showing my laughter through the gibberish

[strove]

I see.

You can also use "lol." Or is that no longer relevant?

[mercurio]

both work! but keymashing is more like it's so absurd i can't even type well

... guess it doesn't work with mental texting but
i'm trying to replicate how it used to work back when we had phones

[strove]

I feel like keyboard or no keyboard, it would still be easy to mistaken.

[mercurio]

that's where the other person's deduction skills come into play

[strove]

That just reminds me of ice cream glowing in people's mouths and making their cheeks light up.

[kleptocratic]

Everything glows here. It's as though no one has an appreciation for proper stealth.

[strove]

Are you typically concerned with stealth when you're eating a dessert?

[kleptocratic]

It would be the perfect moment for someone to sneak up on you.

[strove]

And so the cause for my limited experience with dessert reveals itself.